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Developer Bootcamps - Be a Programmer in Two Months!

posted by LaminatorX on Wednesday October 15 2014, @03:06PM   Printer-friendly
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Thexalon writes:

The New York Times has coverage on the phenomenon of Developer Bootcamps, that claim to do in a matter of a couple of months what used to take at least a couple of years for an associate's degree. These cram courses are apparently getting about a 75% job placement rate.

Have any Soylentils either gone through these programs, or worked with others who have? If so, what are your experiences?

 
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  • (Score: 1) by ghost on Wednesday October 15 2014, @07:14PM

    by ghost (4467) on Wednesday October 15 2014, @07:14PM (#106360) Journal
    A 75% placement rate where? bay area startups which will be bankrupt in 6 months?

  • (Score: 2) by VLM on Wednesday October 15 2014, @11:59PM

    by VLM (445) on Wednesday October 15 2014, @11:59PM (#106463)

    Exactly.

    claim to do in a matter of a couple of months what used to take at least a couple of years for an associate's degree.

    I don't live in the bay area and my associates wasn't / isn't worth toilet paper. (What it was worth was 56 of the cheapest transfer credits I ever earned toward the eventual BSCS but thats another topic)

    Even worse I don't think the bubble has the half year left that it would take to get the piece of toilet paper.